my saturn return was a few years back, being an Elder you get to relax more and hopefully you got the lessons that give you the patience to take things more in the time they need to sort out.I too was the child in the woods,running with the rabbits and dawn til dust it was my paradise....thank you Josie,love your work ,posts, and heart!!!
As a fellow Elder, who is also in the queen era, your words resonate with me in such a profound way.
I too was a precocious young girl who left home at age 17 and got my doctorate degree in pharmacy and finished an 8 year program in 5 years by doing 3 semesters a year, 30 units + labs each semester. I didn’t know any better. I finished 3rd in my class at 22 years old. Just like you Josie. . I did a residency and fellowship and found myself in a clinician/teacher role at 26 yrs old. I had doubters all around me. I didn’t care, I took it all on because I knew my stuff. I turned doctors into believers. That was 40 yrs ago. I cannot believe how my profession changed right before my eyes.
I walked away when I knew that the Hippocratic oath of “do no harm” was violated by bureaucracy and big pharma and greed. It tore me apart.
I took up scuba diving as a release from work. My instructor was a Navy Seal in the Vietnam war so I was in the best of hands. He also was world renowned underwater photographer and videographer. It was like living in a fairytale. I swam with pelagic fish and was included in giant schools of dogtooth tuna as if I belonged. I dove shipwrecks from WWII. I found the rarest nudibrachs that were no bigger than my thumbnail. It was like Alice in Wonderland only under water. It was magical. It restored me in such a way that I could continue to work and continue to help patients and teach residents.
Your community feels like home to me Josie. I can not wait to dive deeper into the elements of creation and traditional Chinese medicine and to learn from each other how to best become an old healthy Crone.
my saturn return was a few years back, being an Elder you get to relax more and hopefully you got the lessons that give you the patience to take things more in the time they need to sort out.I too was the child in the woods,running with the rabbits and dawn til dust it was my paradise....thank you Josie,love your work ,posts, and heart!!!
As a fellow Elder, who is also in the queen era, your words resonate with me in such a profound way.
I too was a precocious young girl who left home at age 17 and got my doctorate degree in pharmacy and finished an 8 year program in 5 years by doing 3 semesters a year, 30 units + labs each semester. I didn’t know any better. I finished 3rd in my class at 22 years old. Just like you Josie. . I did a residency and fellowship and found myself in a clinician/teacher role at 26 yrs old. I had doubters all around me. I didn’t care, I took it all on because I knew my stuff. I turned doctors into believers. That was 40 yrs ago. I cannot believe how my profession changed right before my eyes.
I walked away when I knew that the Hippocratic oath of “do no harm” was violated by bureaucracy and big pharma and greed. It tore me apart.
I took up scuba diving as a release from work. My instructor was a Navy Seal in the Vietnam war so I was in the best of hands. He also was world renowned underwater photographer and videographer. It was like living in a fairytale. I swam with pelagic fish and was included in giant schools of dogtooth tuna as if I belonged. I dove shipwrecks from WWII. I found the rarest nudibrachs that were no bigger than my thumbnail. It was like Alice in Wonderland only under water. It was magical. It restored me in such a way that I could continue to work and continue to help patients and teach residents.
Your community feels like home to me Josie. I can not wait to dive deeper into the elements of creation and traditional Chinese medicine and to learn from each other how to best become an old healthy Crone.
I loved reading every bit of this, Josie! You're an amazing helping soul for both humans and animals. XOXO